Pasta bake recipe: Mac and cheese frittata

Jill Dupleix

With eggs, milk and cheese in the fridge, there is always something for dinner. Here's a glorious oven-baked mac 'n' cheese that's half-quiche, and half-frittata. Bake a few thickly sliced tomatoes at the same time to serve alongside and you won't even need a sauce.

Ingredients

300g any short pasta (I use casareccia✓​)

3 rashers bacon, cut into lardons

400g spinach, cooked, squeezed dry and chopped

1 tsp butter for pie dish

6 x 55g eggs

150ml cream

150ml milk

1 tbsp plain flour, sifted

150g grated parmesan, gruyere or cheddar

1 tsp mustard powder

½half tsp paprika

sea salt and pepper

Method

1. Cook the pasta in plenty of simmering, salted water until tender. Drain well.

2. Fry the bacon until crisp. Toss with the pasta and chopped spinach and pile into a buttered 23cm wide quiche tin or pie dish.